Sudhahara, Sudhāhara, Sudha-hara: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sudhāhara (सुधाहर).—an epithet of Garuḍa; see गरुड (garuḍa).

Derivable forms: sudhāharaḥ (सुधाहरः).

Sudhāhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sudhā and hara (हर). See also (synonyms): sudhāhṛt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sudhāhara (सुधाहर).—m.

(-raḥ) Garuda, the bird and vehicle of Vishnu. E. sudhā nectar, and hara who steals; having on one occasion stolen the moon for the sake of the Amrita which was to be communicated to the serpent children of Kadru, in consideration of which his mother Vinata was to be released from a state of servitude to Kadru, the wife, as well as herself, of the sage Kasyapa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sudhāhara (सुधाहर).—[sudhā-hara], and sudhāhṛt sudhā-hṛ + t, m. Garuḍa, a fabulous bird.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sudhāhara (सुधाहर):—[=su-dhā-hara] [from su-dhā] m. ‘nectar-stealer’, Name of Garuḍa (fabled to have stolen the moon’s n° for the serpent children of Kadrū, wife of Kaśyapa, in return for which his mother Vinatā, also one of Kaśyapa’s wives, was released from subjection to Kadru), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sudhāhara (सुधाहर):—[sudhā-hara] (raḥ) 1. m. Garuḍa.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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